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Month: December 2008

With the finish line of Christmas behind us and an official fresh start still days away, this week feels a little slack-tide to me. I’ve been torn between taking a winter’s nap and projecting (day dreaming) about what’s next. But before diving headfirst into the next garden year and the stack of catalogs waiting for […]

In the middle of a cold blast, chilly on the heels of a dark and snowy Solstice storm, I’m on the lookout for Joy (‘Tis the season, Fa la la la la). But, luckily, I don’t have to look hard to find it. No matter how stressful the holidays can be with family weirdness, travel […]

Terrariums are (still) cool. Last year I wrote a post (Terrariums are cool (again)) on how I make – and became addicted to – terrariums. And if you were inspired then to make one (or ten), they might be in need of a little rehabilitation by now. One of the coolest things about terrariums is […]

Since I can’t top last year’s December Bloom Day (Garden Bloggers Bloom Day is hosted the 15th of every month by Carol at May Dreams Gardens) when the Autumn flowering cherry bloomed in the snow, I’d like to propose a bloom related challenge for the gray days of December instead. Gail and I are starting […]

I thought the tide was high during the Nor’easter of spring 2007 – and it was – but this morning’s moon tide storm sure did flood Blithewold. I took these pictures about an hour after high tide so we’ll all just have to imagine what it must have looked like earlier. If only I had […]